I studied German when I was in school and the Umlaut (hope I spelled it right) was used over vowels to change the tone of it or how it’s used. Did it ever have that effect when used in English?
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The dot originated on the cursive “i”, to make reading easier. For example, without it, the words “mama” and “mania” would look very similar.
People got used to it and so it ended up on the print version of the letter too. And then when the letter “j” evolved out of a stylized version of the letter “i”, it inherited the dot.
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